Musical Instruments Department

The Museum's collection of musical instruments includes approximately five thousand examples from six continents and the Pacific Islands, dating from about 300 B.C. to the present. It illustrates the development of musical instruments from all cultures and eras. Selected for their technical and social importance as well as for their tonal and visual beauty, the instruments may be understood in a number of ways: as art objects, as ethnographic record, and as documents of the history of music and performance.

Calabar

  • product inspired from the art object from the met museum
    art object from the met museum
    Quadruple Bell
    Late 19th century
    Gabon

  • product inspired from the art object from the met museum
    product
    Calabar Pillow
    $50.00
    $50.00
    $325.00
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  • product inspired from the art object from the met museum
    product
    Calabar Throw
    $200.00
    $200.00
    $925.00
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